Hypatima hora

Hypatima hora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Hypatima
Species: H. hora
Binomial name
Hypatima hora
(Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Psoricoptera hora Busck, 1914

Hypatima hora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light ochreous, shaded and longitudinally streaked with blackish brown and with a large, dark, brown spot that reaches from the middle of the costa to the apical fifth, followed by a small, unmottled ochreous space. There is a black streak on the middle of the fold and the extreme tip of the wing is blackish. The hindwings are light fuscous with the edges and cilia a shade darker.[3]

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